The countdown to the 21st round of La Liga between Villarreal and Barcelona is scheduled for Sunday 12 February at 10pm at El Madrigal and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2 and First. Sports 2.
Villarreal and Barcelona meet in the most interesting match of the 21st stage of LaLiga, in which the Catalans meet their former coach Quique Setien and on the results they can break away from rivals Real by 11 points.
Villarreal have 31 points from 20 matches and have dropped out of the UEFA Champions League after losing their last two league matches, 0-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano and 1-3 away to Elche.
The Yellow Submarines have the second best defense in La Liga with 17 goals conceded (Barcelona have only conceded seven goals this season) and the team’s top scorer is Gerard Moreno with five goals in the league.
The team trained by Quique Setien, the former coach of Barcelona from January 2020 to August 2020, is in fourth position in the ranking of matches played at home, with six wins, one draw and two defeats.
Barcelona, the undisputed leaders of LaLiga, with 53 points after 20 games, are already eight points ahead of rivals Real Madrid, who are not playing at this stage as they competed in the Club World Cup.
The team coached by Xavi has won five consecutive championships, has the best attack (42 goals scored) and the best defense (seven goals conceded), while Robert Lewandowski is La Liga’s top scorer with 14 successes.
On the road, Barcelona have won nine and lost just once in La Liga this season, suffering a 1-3 loss against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Villarreal last beat the Catalans at home in 2007, and since then the Yellow Submarine have beaten Barcelona just twice, each time at Camp Nou.
In a tour match on 20 October 2020, Barcelona beat Villarreal 3-0 at Camp Nou thanks to goals from Lewandowski 31, 35 and Andu Fati 38.
Superbet offers odds of 1.70 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Villarreal – Barcelona.
| Villarreal – Barcelona | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.70 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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